For those of you who are having a difficult time navigating around the blog and cannot remember where the complete list of states is, here it is again.
I've also added the date of the book review after the title so you can find it when you want to make a comment.
1. Alabama: Crazy in Alabama, by Mark Childress -- November 1, 2009
2. Alaska: Cold Water Burning, by John Straley -- January 12, 2009
3. Arizona: And Die in the West, by Paula Mitchell Marks -- August 22, 2009
4. Arkansas: Arkansas Traveler, by Earlene Fowler -- January 5, 2009
5. California: American Lightning, by Howard Blum -- April 20, 2009
6. Colorado: Citizen Coors by Dan Baum -- August 14, 2009
7. Connecticut: God and Man at Yale, by William F. Buckley -- March 2, 2009
8. Delaware: Henry F. DuPont and Winterthur, by Ruth Lord -- June 14, 2009
9. District of Columbia: River, Cross My Heart by Breena Clarke -- March 1, 2009
10. Florida: The Orchid Thief, by Susan Orlean -- November 11, 2009
11. Georgia: Between Georgia, by Joshilyn Jackson -- January 10, 2009
12. Hawaii: Letters from Hawaii, by Mark Twain -- February 5, 2009
13. Idaho: Across Open Ground, by Heather Parkinson -- December 18, 2009
14. Illinois: Sin in the Second City, by Karen Abbott -- March 16, 2009
15. Indiana: The Magnificent Ambersons, by Booth Tarkington -- November 25, 2009
16. Iowa: Little Heathens, by Mildred Armstrong Kalish -- August 9, 2009
17. Kansas: Charlatan, by Pope Brock -- March 7, 2009
18. Kentucky: Belonging - A Culture of Place, by bell hooks -- August 6, 2009
19. Louisiana: The Next Step in the Dance, by Tim Gautreaux -- February 15, 2009
20. Maine: The Beans of Egypt, Maine, by Carol Chute -- February 1, 2009
21. Maryland: Homicide: A Year on the Killing Streets, by David Simon -- October 18, 2009
22. Massachusetts: The Crazy School, by Cornelia Read -- March 3, 2009
23. Michigan: Cache of Corpses, by Henry Kisor -- October 9, 2009
24. Minnesota: Tall Pine Polka, by Lorna Landvik (Alternative: Babbitt, by Sinclair Lewis) -- October 24, 2009
25. Mississippi: The Optimist's Daughter, by Eudora Welty -- January 21, 2009
26. Missouri: A Ghost in the Little House, by William Holtz -- November 20, 2009
27. Montana: Crazy Horse and Custer, by Stephen Ambrose -- June 10, 2009
28. Nebraska: Plains Song: For Female Voices, by Wright Morris --February 16, 2009
29. Nevada: Bringing Down the House, by Ben Mezrich -- March 19, 2009
30. New Hampshire: Hotel New Hampshire, by John Irving -- September 11, 2009
31. New Jersey: The Last Good Time, by Jonathan Van Meter -- March 29, 2009
32. New Mexico: Death Comes for the Archbishop, by Willa Cather -- January 28, 2009
33. New York: Falling Man, by Don DeLillo -- April 11, 2009
34. North Carolina: Down River, by John Hart -- November 28, 2009
35. North Dakota: Dakota! by Dana Fuller Ross (aka James Reasoner) -- March 24, 2009
36A. Ohio: Knockemstiff, by Donald Ray Pollock -- May 6, 2009
36B. Ohio: Winesburg, by Sherman Anderson -- May 18, 2009
37. Oklahoma: The Worst Hard Time, by Timothy Egan -- August 5, 2009
38. Oregon: The Sky Fisherman, by Craig Lesley -- November 9, 2009
39. Pennsylvania: Meet You in Hell, by Les Standiford -- May 27, 2009
40. Rhode Island: Theophius North, by Thornton Wilder
41. South Carolina: Ella Minnow Pea: A Novel in Letters by Mark Dunn -- June 14, 2009
42. South Dakota: The Grass Dancer, by Susan Power -- November 27, 2009
43. Tennessee: The Hangman's Beautiful Daughter by Sharon McCrumb -- October 22, 2009
44. Texas: That Old Ace in the Hole -- August 27, 2009
45. Utah: Devil's Gate, by David Roberts-- July 27, 2009
46. Vermont: First Person Rural, by Noel Perrin -- January 20, 2009
47. Virginia: The Billionaire's Vinegar, by Benjamin Wallace -- June 3, 2009
48. Washington: Reservation Blues, by Sherman Alexie -- April 7, 2009
49A. Wisconsin: Loving Frank, by Nancy Horan -- May 4, 2009
49B. The Women, by T. C. Boyle -- May 13, 2009
50. West Virginia: Red Helmet, by Homer Hickam -- February 28, 2009
51. Wyoming: Out of Range, by C. J. Box -- August 24, 2009
BONUS POINTS: State by State - A Panoramic Portrait of America, edited by Matt Weiland and Sean Wilsey.
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This helps alot. I haven't read the Hawaii book by Twain but thought of it because when I was planning a trip there it was coincidentally reviewed in the NY Times as part of a retrospective on Twain in the South Pacific. When I was in Hawaii the paperback was in alot of the bookstores so your comment on the sad trail off in library withdrawals may have some upside in paperback printings. I never realized that the tickets in library books now aren't actually from the book itself. The Slackers Bookclub is a font of arcane knowledge and not to be missed!
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